Weed-cutter for railroad-tracks.



W. M. MOGI BBON.- WEED CUTTER FOB RAILROAD TRACKS. Arnxoulon FILED sum-.21, 1008.

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APPLIOATIOI FILED BEPTJI, 19118,

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. operating the WILLIAM I. MOGIIBBON, OF GIBBON, OKLAHOIA.

WEED-CUTTER FOR RAILROAD-TRACKS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. MCGIB- .3011, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gibbon, in thec'ounty of Grant and State of Oklahoma, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Weed-Cutters for Railroad-Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for cutting the grass and weeds between and'along railroad tracks and has for its object the provision .of a deviceremovably secured to a car truck and consisting of a shaft suitably journaled, and geared to one of the axles of the truck, with mower attachments supported on the shaft and operated by gearing The construction and operation .of my im proved devicewill be described hereinafter and-illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-' V I Figure 1 is a side view of a car truck showing my improved weed cutter attached thereto, Fig. 2, a top plan view thereof, Fig.

3, a fragmental front view of one of the rods for throwing the grass and weeds away from the rails, Fig. 4, a detail view of one of the cutting attachments showing the gearing for cutting mechanism, and Fig.

5 a diagrammatic view of the front of the cutters showing their arrangement between the rails when the road-bed is'graded from each side of the middle of the track down wardly to the rails.

In the drawingssimilarreference characters indicate corresponding parts in he several views. a Y

A indicates a truck supportedon wheels B attached to axles O.

,1 indicates arms secured to truck A having a shaft 2 journaled therein that is geare to axle C by means' of chain and sprocket gearin 3. 1

4 in icates arms pivotally secured to shaft 2, each pair of rods having a cutting apparatus secured to their free ends consisting of a disk 5 secured to each arm 4 having a blade 6 connecting the pairs of disks and the reel 7 journaled' thereon.

8 indicatesa stub shaft secured to 'one of the disks 5 of each cutting apparatus on Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 21,1908. Serial No. 458,948.

shown at 21 to-engage the rails Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

which is journaled an internal spur gear wheel 9 that meshes with a pinion 10 on the end ofthe shaft 7 of reel 7.

11 indicates a sprocket wheel secured to each gear wheel 9 'and 12 a chain geared to each sprocket wheel 11 and to a sprocket wheel 13 on shaft 2. r 14 indicates aplatform removably secured to truck A having'levers l5 fulcrumed thereon that are connected to the several cutting apparatuses by means of of each apparatus.

on that engages notches in segmental plate 19- secured to the (platform 14 to hold the lever 15 in adjuste positions.

20 indicates rods loosely secured ,to shaft ooved as and hav in horizontal .wings 22 extending at each si e of the grooved portion 21 with slanting edges 22 that throw the grass'and weeds awa from the tracks and toward the cutting mac ines.

As shown in the drawings four cutting 2 and having their free ends rods 16 secured to cross-bars 17 connectin the pairs of disks Eac lever 15 has a sliding spring actuated pawl 18 mounted theremachines are employed; two between, the a rails and one on each side of' he track and the machines between the r' is are secured so that they are higher in too middle of the track than next to therails to accommodate the cutting apparatuses to the usual: pitch of the road bedv between therails; It will also be apparent that the cutti machines may be raised individually out- 0 operative po'sition and returned as the-work to he erormed requires, the lovers 15 being utillzed' for that purpose.

Having thus described my, invention what -I claim is In combination with a railroad car having wheel supported trucks, arms removably secured to the truck at one end of the car, a shaft journaled in said arms and operated by the truck wheels, a plurality, of arms loosely mounted on said shaft, cutting apps-- ratuses secured to said arms, gearing connecting the shaft and said cutting apparatuses, a platformremcvably-secured to the truck, levers fulcrumed on the platform, cross bars secured to the individual cutting apparatuses, rods connecting the levers In testimony whereof I hereto aflix my aforesaid and 1th?t cross-bars rods loosely se: signature in the presence of two witnesses. cured to the s a and extending forwardly L of the car, and'the front ends of the rods WILLIAM MCGIBBON' 5 grooved to ride on the railroad rails and Witnesses having laterally extending wings with inv I. R. HEASTY c1ined front edges. J. L. GODFREY. 

